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Youth Sports for the Week Ending Dec. 27

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The Marin Hornets boys 12u AAU basketball team won the Rebels Classic Tournament this past weekend in San Francisco. The Hornets improved their overall record to 10-0 after three tournaments. They were lead by Calvin Geraci, Jack Andress, Peter Jake Daniels, Gabriel Ramirez, Brenden Missin, and Dante’ Restivo.

A first for Tiburon as Sharks clinch State Cup title in dying seconds drama

Having dominated the entire game, The Sharks got their just deserts as they came back from one behind to score with 6 minutes to go and then again with 90 seconds remaining on the clock to claim Tiburon’s first ever State Cup victory at this level. To the onlookers, up until the closing stages of this encounter, there was the distinct possibility of a travesty of a result in the making as The Sharks hit the woodwork 3 times and had a near miss PK. The Sharks players knew otherwise as they maintained their composure and relentless pressure to insure a deserved victory and bring the cup The Sharks way.

In a late change of venue from Manteca to Sacramento, conditions were perfect for a final, with little wind in the air and a beautiful (albeit narrow) playing surface. After a good start, The Sharks conceded a penalty which was duly dispatched by The Cougars to establish a 1-0 lead. Not to be deterred, within 2 minutes, The Sharks counter attacked with James Ingledew brought down in The Cougars penalty area. The resulting PK missed narrowly and with The Cougars goalkeeper in fine form saving a James Ingledew strike and Devon Breslin setting up older brother Logan for a fabulous left foot strike off the underside of the bar and back into play it appeared that the goal gods were not on our side.

Into the second half and The Sharks came out strong again with captain Jack Elders not allowing any earlier setbacks to disrupt his leadership of the team, showing some excellent touches and distribution and doing what he does best…….lead. The pressure continued with Logan Breslin grazing the bar from distance and then unbelievably, striking the post for the third time. Were we ever going to score?

Fortunately, The Shark’s defense proved impenetrable with Sean Grant, Andrew Boosalis and Danny Jennings turning in magnificent performances to deny The Cougars any significant chances and upfront, Stefan Jung playing his best game of the season forcing The Cougars into desperate defending.

As assistant coach Les Carroll observed after the game, ‘weight of pressure counts’. This proved to be the case as we entered the closing stages still chasing the game. At last the deserved break through came; a Jack Elders corner found Pete Carroll who converted from 6 yards to level the game…..Tiburon fans went wild. And with 90 seconds remaining, and a repeat of the late winner in the semi final against Santa Cruz, Gary Root latched onto a loose ball and placed it firmly under the keeper to take the lead….Tiburon fans go berserk. At the final whistle, the boys piled onto each other in celebration of an amazing come back to claim ‘The Norcal State Cup – Platinum Division’ title.

Special mention goes to coach Craig Breslin, who in 26 years of coaching, 19 of them with Tiburon, collected his first State Cup and doing so with sons Devon and Logan in the team.

A very special day that will be remembered by players, coaches, friends and family alike. Well done Breslin’s Sharks!!!

On Saturday December 19, 2009 the U11 Boys Mill Valley Fusion completed their stellar season with a
1-0 win over the Diablo FC 98 from Concord to win the NorCal Super 3 State Cup Championship in Sacramento.

The win earned the Mill Valley Fusion a final 5th place ranking out of 104 Class 1 select U11 competitive teams in Northern California who entered the State Cup tournament.

The Fusion team – Ian Buehler, Marco da Cunha, Matthew Dixon, Ben Guggenheim, Nate Huntington, Nate Joseph, Pablo Lochman, Nathan Lopes, Ryan McNeil, Daawood Nana, Owen Schwartz, and Maxi VonWelczeck – entered State Cup after a strong season posting a 12-3-0 for the regular season. For the year, Fusion had a record of 21 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. In addition to the State Cup 5th place, the season included two tournament wins, one 3rd place and the Runner-up in the Cross-Regional Finals.

On Saturday the Fusion got off to a fast start with the first goal goal coming after 5 minutes. Fusion’s Nate Joseph cross was crisply headed in by Marco Da Cunha.

The two teams played equally well through the first period and well into the second period, waging a largely mid-field defensive battle. In the final minutes Diablo threatened Fusion’s lead with a couple shots on goal that were stopped by the good efforts of the Fusion defense.

Assistant coaches Iain McNeil and Jason Clark guided the team to victory.

Coach Rick Fullerton’s pre-game words to the team proved correct when he said “the Fusion’s final game of 2009 will be yet another work of great quality, teamwork and effort. In other words, Business as Usual. Play hard, play well, play with character and play for one another”.